V.S. Achuthanandan, an unlikely green warrior

VS, the then 78-year-old Leader of the Opposition, undertook a physically demanding trek to Mathikettan Shola, a verdant forestland rich in rare flora and fauna quietly being devoured by encroachers. His journey, a symbolic yet resolute act, catalysed in the government declaring it a national park

V.S. Achuthanandan, an unlikely green warrior
VS, the then 78-year-old Leader of the Opposition, undertook a physically demanding trek to Mathikettan Shola, a verdant forestland rich in rare flora and fauna quietly being devoured by encroachers. His journey, a symbolic yet resolute act, catalysed in the government declaring it a national park